Nebraska Statutes > Nebraska Milk Act


§ 2-3965	Act, how cited; provisions adopted by reference; copies
§ 2-3966	Terms, defined
§ 2-3967	Activities regulated
§ 2-3968	Grade A milk producer permit; manufacturing grade milk producer permit; label restrictions
§ 2-3969	Sale of milk and milk products; conditions
§ 2-3970	Act; administration and enforcement
§ 2-3971	Permit fees; inspectionfees; other fees; rate
§ 2-3972	Adulteration or misbranding; stop-sale, stop-use, or removal order; issuance; hearing
§ 2-3973	Department; rules and regulations
§ 2-3974	Violation; restraining order or injunction; prohibited acts; penalty; county attorney; duties
§ 2-3975	Director; surveysof milksheds; make and publish results
§ 2-3976	Pure Milk CashFund; created; use; investment
§ 2-3977	Field representative;powers; field representative permit; applicant; qualifications
§ 2-3978	Public policy
§ 2-3979	Classification of raw milk
§ 2-3980	Flavor and odor of acceptable raw milk for manufacturing purposes
§ 2-3981	Dairy plants,milk for manufacturing purposes, and pickup tankers; quality tests; standards
§ 2-3982	Classification for sediment content; sediment standards; determination; effect
§ 2-3982.01	Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinancerequirements; facility in existence prior to July 1, 2013; other facilities;requirements applicable
§ 2-3983	Milking facility requirements
§ 2-3984	Yard or loafing area requirements
§ 2-3985	Udders; teats of dairy animals; milk stools; antikickers; surcingles; drugs; requirements
§ 2-3986	Milk in farmbulk tanks; cooled; temperature
§ 2-3987	Milkhouse or milkroom; sanitation requirements
§ 2-3988	Milk utensils;sanitation requirements
§ 2-3989	Water supplyrequirements; testing
§ 2-3990	Cream for buttermaking; pasteurization
§ 2-3991	Dairy products; packaging; containers; labeling
§ 2-3992	Director; access to facilities, books, and records; inspections authorized

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Nebraska Milk Act

Access aisle: means a space adjacent to a handicapped parking space or passenger loading zone which is constructed and designed in compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the federal regulations adopted in response to the act, as the act and the regulations existed on January 1, 2023. See Nebraska Statutes 60-302.01
Accessibility barrier: shall mean anything which impedes entry into, exit from, or use of any building or facility by all people. See Nebraska Statutes 58-207.02
Accredited veterinarian: means a veterinarian duly licensed by the State of Nebraska and approved by the administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2903
Acquire: when used in connection with a grant of power or property right to any person shall include the purchase, grant, gift, devise, bequest, and obtaining by eminent domain. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Acquittal:
1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
2. A verdict of "not guilty."
Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Action shall: include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
Affected premises: means premises upon which is or was located an affected animal, herd, or flock or suspected affected animal, herd, flock, or disease agent of a dangerous disease. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2905
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
Agricultural floater-spreader implement: means self-propelled equipment which is designed and used exclusively to carry and apply fertilizer, chemicals, or related products to agricultural soil and crops and which has a gross laden weight of forty-eight thousand pounds or less and is equipped with floatation tires. See Nebraska Statutes 60-303
Agricultural products: means field crops and horticultural, viticultural, forestry, nut, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee, and farm products, including sod grown on the land owned or rented by the farmer, and the byproducts derived from any of them. See Nebraska Statutes 60-304
Agriculture or agricultural enterprise: shall mean the real and personal property constituting farms and ranches. See Nebraska Statutes 58-208
Allegation: something that someone says happened.
Alternative fuel: includes electricity, solar power, and any other source of energy not otherwise taxed under the motor fuel laws as defined in section 66-712 which is used to power a motor vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-306
Ambulance: means any privately or publicly owned motor vehicle that is especially designed, constructed or modified, and equipped and is intended to be used and is maintained or operated for the overland transportation of patients upon the highways in this state or any other motor vehicle used for such purposes but does not include or mean any motor vehicle owned or operated under the direct control of an agency of the United States Government. See Nebraska Statutes 60-307
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
An apportionable vehicle that: is a power unit shall (a) have two axles and a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds or eleven thousand seven hundred ninety-three and four hundred one thousandths kilograms, (b) have three or more axles, regardless of weight, or (c) be used in combination when the weight of such combination exceeds twenty-six thousand pounds or eleven thousand seven hundred ninety-three and four hundred one thousandths kilograms gross vehicle weight. See Nebraska Statutes 60-308
Animal: means all vertebrate members of the animal kingdom except humans or wild animals at large. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2906
Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
Any affordable housing infrastructure which shall: include streets, sewers, storm drains, water, broadband, electrical and other utilities, sidewalks, public parks, public playgrounds, public swimming pools, public recreational facilities, and other community facilities, easements, and similar use rights thereof, as well as improvements preparatory to the development of housing units. See Nebraska Statutes 58-219
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
Apportionable vehicle: means any motor vehicle or trailer used or intended for use in two or more member jurisdictions that allocate or proportionally register motor vehicles or trailers and used for the transportation of persons for hire or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. See Nebraska Statutes 60-308
Apportionable vehicle does not: include any recreational vehicle, motor vehicle displaying restricted plates, city pickup and delivery vehicle, or government-owned motor vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-308
Appraisal: A determination of property value.
Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Approved laboratory: means an animal disease diagnostic laboratory accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians to conduct animal disease testing. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2907
Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
Assembled vehicle: means a motor vehicle or trailer which was manufactured or assembled less than thirty years prior to application for registration under the Motor Vehicle Registration Act and which is materially altered from its construction by the removal, addition, or substitution of new or used major component parts unless such major component parts were replaced under warranty by the original manufacturer of the motor vehicle or trailer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-309
Assembled vehicle: means a vehicle which was manufactured or assembled less than thirty years prior to application for a certificate of title and which is materially altered from its construction by the removal, addition, or substitution of new or used major component parts unless such major component parts were replaced under warranty by the original manufacturer of the vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-104
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Association: means any two or more persons acting with a common purpose, regardless of the relative degrees of involvement, and includes, but is not limited to, the following persons so acting:

(1) A person and one or more of his or her family members. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.03
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Attorney: shall mean attorney at law. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Auction: means a sale of motor vehicles and trailers of types required to be registered in this state, except such vehicles as are eligible for registration pursuant to section 60-3,198, sold or offered for sale at which the price offered is increased by the prospective buyers who bid against one another, the highest bidder becoming the purchaser. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.04
Auction dealer: means any person engaged in the business of conducting an auction for the sale of motor vehicles and trailers. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.05
Authority: shall mean the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority. See Nebraska Statutes 58-209
Authority: means the Nebraska Educational, Health, Cultural, and Social Services Finance Authority created by the Nebraska Educational, Health, Cultural, and Social Services Finance Authority Act or any board, body, commission, department, or office succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers conferred upon such authority by the act are given by law. See Nebraska Statutes 58-804
Autocycle: means any motor vehicle (1) having a seat that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride it, (2) designed to travel on three wheels in contact with the ground, (3) having antilock brakes, (4) designed to be controlled with a steering wheel and pedals, and (5) in which the operator and passenger ride either side by side or in tandem in a seating area that is equipped with a manufacturer-installed three-point safety belt system for each occupant and that has a seating area that either (a) is completely enclosed and is equipped with manufacturer-installed airbags and a manufacturer-installed roll cage or (b) is not completely enclosed and is equipped with a manufacturer-installed rollover protection system. See Nebraska Statutes 60-309.01
Autocycle: means any motor vehicle (1) having a seat that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride it, (2) designed to travel on three wheels in contact with the ground, (3) having antilock brakes, (4) designed to be controlled with a steering wheel and pedals, and (5) in which the operator and passenger ride either side by side or in tandem in a seating area that is equipped with a manufacturer-installed three-point safety belt system for each occupant and that has a seating area that either (a) is completely enclosed and is equipped with manufacturer-installed airbags and a manufacturer-installed roll cage or (b) is not completely enclosed and is equipped with a manufacturer-installed rollover protection system. See Nebraska Statutes 60-463.02
Autocycle: means any motor vehicle (1) having a seat that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride it, (2) designed to travel on three wheels in contact with the ground, (3) having antilock brakes, (4) designed to be controlled with a steering wheel and pedals, and (5) in which the operator and passenger ride either side by side or in tandem in a seating area that is equipped with a manufacturer-installed three-point safety belt system for each occupant and that has a seating area that either (a) is completely enclosed and is equipped with manufacturer-installed airbags and a manufacturer-installed roll cage or (b) is not completely enclosed and is equipped with a manufacturer-installed rollover protection system. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.42
Autocycle: means any motor vehicle (1) having a seat that does not require the operator to straddle or sit astride it, (2) designed to travel on three wheels in contact with the ground, (3) having antilock brakes, (4) designed to be controlled with a steering wheel and pedals, and (5) in which the operator and passenger ride either side by side or in tandem in a seating area that is equipped with a manufacturer-installed three-point safety belt system for each occupant and that has a seating area that either (a) is completely enclosed and is equipped with manufacturer-installed airbags and a manufacturer-installed roll cage or (b) is not completely enclosed and is equipped with a manufacturer-installed rollover protection system. See Nebraska Statutes 60-104.01
Automobile: means passenger cars, trucks, utility vehicles, and vans up to and including seven tons. See Nebraska Statutes 60-3,184
Automobile liability policy: means liability insurance written by an insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this state protecting other persons from damages for liability on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of the insurance arising out of the ownership of a motor vehicle (1) in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, (2) subject to the limit for one person, in the amount of fifty thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and (3) in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars because of injury to or destruction of property of other persons in any one accident. See Nebraska Statutes 60-310
Auxiliary axle: means an auxiliary undercarriage assembly with a fifth wheel and tow bar used to convert a semitrailer to a full trailer, commonly known as converter gears or converter dollies. See Nebraska Statutes 60-310.01
Auxiliary axle: means an auxiliary undercarriage assembly with a fifth wheel and tow bar used to convert a semitrailer to a full trailer, commonly known as converter gears or converter dollies. See Nebraska Statutes 60-104.02
Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
Bequest: Property gifted by will.
Board: means the Nebraska Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.06
Boat dealer: means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging boats at retail who has a principal place of business for such purposes in this state. See Nebraska Statutes 60-312
Body: means that portion of a vehicle which determines its shape and appearance and is attached to the frame. See Nebraska Statutes 60-105
Bona fide consumer: means an owner of a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or trailer who has acquired such vehicle for use in business or for pleasure purposes, who has been granted a certificate of title on such motor vehicle, motorcycle, or trailer, and who has registered such motor vehicle, motorcycle, or trailer, all in accordance with the laws of the residence of the owner, except that no owner who sells more than eight registered motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers within a twelve-month period shall qualify as a bona fide consumer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.07
Bond: shall mean any bond, note, debenture, interim certificate, bond anticipation note, or other evidence of financial indebtedness. See Nebraska Statutes 58-210
Bonds: means bonds, notes, or other obligations of the authority issued under the Nebraska Educational, Health, Cultural, and Social Services Finance Authority Act, including refunding bonds, notwithstanding that the same may be secured by the full faith and credit of an eligible institution or any other lawfully pledged security of an eligible institution. See Nebraska Statutes 58-805
Bus: means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten passengers and used for the transportation of persons and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation. See Nebraska Statutes 60-313
Bus: means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten passengers and used for the transportation of persons and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation. See Nebraska Statutes 60-106
Buy-back or secured investment: shall mean any representation which implies in any manner that the purchaser's initial payment is protected from loss. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1713
Cabin trailer: means any trailer designed for living quarters and for being towed by a motor vehicle and not exceeding one hundred two inches in width, forty feet in length, or thirteen and one-half feet in height, except as provided in subdivision (2)(k) of section 60-6,288. See Nebraska Statutes 60-314
Cabin trailer: means a trailer or a semitrailer, which is designed, constructed, and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode, or sleeping place, whether used for such purposes or instead permanently or temporarily for the advertising, sale, display, or promotion of merchandise or services or for any other commercial purpose except transportation of property for hire or transportation of property for distribution by a private carrier. See Nebraska Statutes 60-107
Camping trailer which: includes cabin trailers one hundred two inches or less in width and forty feet or less in length and adjusted mechanically smaller for towing. See Nebraska Statutes 60-107
Car toter or tow dolly: means a two-wheeled conveyance designed or adapted to support the weight of one axle of a motor vehicle while being towed in combination behind another motor vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-314.01
Car toter or tow dolly: means a two-wheeled conveyance designed or adapted to support the weight of one axle of a motor vehicle while being towed in combination behind another motor vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-107.01
Cattle: means all domestic bovine animals, including beef cattle, dairy cattle, and bison. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2908
Certificate of veterinary inspection: means a legible document, paper, or electronic submission, issued by an accredited veterinarian at the point of origin of an animal movement which meets federal and state requirements for interstate or intrastate movement of animals. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2909
Chambers: A judge's office.
Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
Coerce: means to compel a dealer or manipulate a dealer to behave in an involuntary way, whether through action or inaction, by use of threats, intimidation, trickery, or some other form of pressure or force. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.08
Collector: means the owner of one or more historical vehicles who collects, purchases, acquires, trades, or disposes of such historical vehicles or parts thereof for his or her own use in order to preserve, restore, and maintain a historical vehicle or vehicles for hobby purposes. See Nebraska Statutes 60-315
Collector: means the owner of one or more vehicles of historical interest who collects, purchases, acquires, trades, or disposes of such vehicles or parts thereof for his or her own use in order to preserve, restore, and maintain a vehicle or vehicles for hobby purposes. See Nebraska Statutes 60-108
Commercial motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle:

(a) Has a gross combination weight rating or gross combination weight of eleven thousand seven hundred ninety-four kilograms or more (twenty-six thousand one pounds or more) inclusive of a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of more than four thousand five hundred thirty-six kilograms (ten thousand pounds). See Nebraska Statutes 60-465
Commercial trailer: means any trailer or semitrailer which has a gross weight, including load thereon, of more than nine thousand pounds and which is designed, used, or maintained for the transportation of persons or property for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. See Nebraska Statutes 60-317
Commercial trailer: means any trailer or semitrailer which has a gross weight, including load thereon, of more than nine thousand pounds and which is designed, used, or maintained for the transportation of persons or property for hire, compensation, or profit or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. See Nebraska Statutes 60-109
Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
Community: means a franchisee's area of responsibility as stipulated in the franchise or, if the franchise fails to designate a community, (1) the community of the franchisee is the area surrounding the location of the franchisee in a five-mile radius from the dealership if the location is within a city of the metropolitan class and (2) the community of the franchisee is the county in which the franchisee is located if the location is not within a city of the metropolitan class. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.09
Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Company shall: include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Consumer care: means the performance, for the public, of necessary maintenance and repairs to motor vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.10
Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Controlled movement: means a temporary movement restriction controlling the movement of animals, animal products, and fomites into, within, and out of a regulatory control area where affected animals, herds, or flocks are or were located. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2910
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Cost of repairs: means the estimated or actual retail cost of parts needed to repair a vehicle plus the cost of labor computed by using the hourly labor rate and time allocations for repair that are customary and reasonable. See Nebraska Statutes 60-171
Covered farm vehicle: includes a motor vehicle that meets the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, except for subdivision (1)(a)(iv) of this section, and:

(a) Is operated pursuant to a crop share farm lease agreement. See Nebraska Statutes 60-465.02
Current model year vehicle: means a motor vehicle or trailer for which the model year as designated by the manufacturer corresponds to the calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 60-318
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Dangerous disease: means an infectious, contagious, or otherwise transmissible disease, infestation, or exposure which has the potential for rapid spread, serious economic impact, or serious threat to livestock health, and is of major importance in the trade of livestock and livestock products. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2911
Dealer: means any person engaged in the business of selling snowmobiles at wholesale or retail. See Nebraska Statutes 60-3,207
Decedent: A deceased person.
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Defense attorney: Represent defendants in criminal matters.
Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-110
Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-319
Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-465.01
Department: means the Department of Agriculture. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2912
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
Designated family member: means the spouse, child, grandchild, parent, brother, or sister of the owner of a new motor vehicle dealership who, in the case of the owner's death, is entitled to inherit the ownership interest in the new motor vehicle dealership under the terms of the owner's will, who has been nominated in any other written instrument, or who, in the case of an incapacitated owner of such dealership, has been appointed by a court as the legal representative of the new motor vehicle dealer's property. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.12
Devise: To gift property by will.
Director: means the Director of Motor Vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-112
Director: means the Director of Motor Vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-321
Director: shall mean the Director of Motor Vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-466
Director: means the Director of Agriculture or his or her designee. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2913
Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
Distributor: means a person, resident or nonresident of this state, who, in whole or in part, sells or distributes new motor vehicles, trailers, or motorcycles to dealers or who maintains distributors or representatives who sell or distribute motor vehicles, trailers, or motorcycles to dealers and also has the same meaning as the term franchisor. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.13
Distributor representative: means a representative employed by a distributor or distributor branch for the same purpose as set forth in the definition of factory representative. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.14
Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
Domestic: when applied to corporations shall mean all those created by authority of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Donor: The person who makes a gift.
Drive: shall mean to operate or be in the actual physical control of a motor vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-468
Economic-impact project does not: include any operating capital. See Nebraska Statutes 58-210.02
Electric personal assistive mobility device: means a self-balancing, two-nontandem-wheeled device, designed to transport only one person and containing an electric propulsion system with an average power of seven hundred fifty watts or one horsepower, whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a propulsion system and while being ridden by an operator who weighs one hundred seventy pounds, is less than twenty miles per hour. See Nebraska Statutes 60-113
Electric personal assistive mobility device: means a self-balancing, two-nontandem-wheeled device, designed to transport only one person and containing an electric propulsion system with an average power of seven hundred fifty watts or one horsepower, whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a propulsion system and while being ridden by an operator who weighs one hundred seventy pounds, is less than twenty miles per hour. See Nebraska Statutes 60-322
Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) ^{Source: OCC}
Eligible institution: means a private institution of higher education, a private health care institution, a private cultural institution, or a private social services institution. See Nebraska Statutes 58-807
Embargo: means a temporary movement restriction of any affected or suspect animal, herd, or flock. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2915
Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
Environmental hazard: shall mean any contamination of the air, water, or land surface or subsurface caused by any substance adversely affecting human health or safety, if such substance has been declared hazardous by a federal or state statute, rule, or regulation. See Nebraska Statutes 58-210.01
Equipment: shall mean machines, all electrical devices, video or audio devices, molds, display racks, vending machines, coin-operated game machines, machines which dispense products, and display units of all kinds. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1707
Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Evidence of insurance: means evidence of a current and effective automobile liability policy in paper or electronic format. See Nebraska Statutes 60-323
Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
Exposed: means an animal, herd, flock, or premises which has come into contact with a disease agent which affects livestock. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2916
Factory branch: means a branch office maintained in this state by a person who manufactures, assembles, or distributes motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers for the sale of such motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers to distributors or dealers or for directing or supervising, in whole or in part, its representatives in this state. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.16
Factory representative: means a representative employed by a person who manufactures or assembles motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers, or by a factory branch, for the purpose of promoting the sale of its motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers to, or for supervising or contacting, its dealers or prospective dealers in this state. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.17
Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. ^{Source: OCC}
Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
Farm trailer: means a trailer or semitrailer belonging to a farmer or rancher and used wholly and exclusively to carry supplies to or from the owner's farm or ranch, used by a farmer or rancher to carry his or her own agricultural products as defined in section 60-304 to or from storage or market, or used by a farmer or rancher for hauling of supplies or agricultural products in exchange of services. See Nebraska Statutes 60-114
Farm trailer: means a trailer or semitrailer belonging to a farmer or rancher and used wholly and exclusively to carry supplies to or from the owner's farm or ranch, used by a farmer or rancher to carry his or her own agricultural products to or from storage or market, or used by a farmer or rancher for hauling of supplies or agricultural products in exchange of services. See Nebraska Statutes 60-324
Farm truck: means a truck or sport utility vehicle, including any combination of a truck, truck-tractor, or sport utility vehicle, and a trailer or semitrailer, of a farmer or rancher (1) used exclusively to carry a farmer's or rancher's own supplies, farm equipment, and household goods to or from the owner's farm or ranch, (2) used by the farmer or rancher to carry his or her own agricultural products to or from storage or market, (3) used by a farmer or rancher in exchange of services in such hauling of supplies or agricultural products, or (4) used occasionally to carry camper units, to tow boats or cabin trailers, or to carry or tow museum pieces or historical vehicles, without compensation, to events for public display or educational purposes. See Nebraska Statutes 60-325
Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
Fertilizer trailer: means any trailer, including gooseneck applicators or trailers, designed and used exclusively to carry or apply agricultural fertilizer or agricultural chemicals and having a gross weight, including load thereon, of twenty thousand pounds or less. See Nebraska Statutes 60-115
Fertilizer trailer: means any trailer, including gooseneck applicators or trailers, designed and used exclusively to carry or apply agricultural fertilizer or agricultural chemicals and having a gross weight, including load thereon, of twenty thousand pounds or less. See Nebraska Statutes 60-326
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
Film vehicle: means any motor vehicle or trailer used exclusively by a nonresident production company temporarily on location in Nebraska producing a feature film, television commercial, documentary, or industrial or educational videotape production. See Nebraska Statutes 60-327
Finance company: means any person engaged in the business of financing sales of motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers, or purchasing or acquiring promissory notes, secured instruments, or other documents by which the motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers are pledged as security for payment of obligations arising from such sales and who may find it necessary to engage in the activity of repossession and the sale of the motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers so pledged. See Nebraska Statutes 60-328
Finance company: means any person engaged in the business of financing sales of motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers, or purchasing or acquiring promissory notes, secured instruments, or other documents by which the motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers are pledged as security for payment of obligations arising from such sales and who may find it necessary to engage in the activity of repossession and the sale of the motor vehicles, motorcycles, or trailers so pledged. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.18
Financing agreement: shall mean any contractual obligation between the authority and another entity with respect to the financing which shall include without limitation refinancing of a project or projects and shall include without limitation a lease agreement, loan agreement, sale contract, take-or-pay contract, or user agreement. See Nebraska Statutes 58-211
First-time homebuyer: shall mean a low-income or moderate-income person who has had no present ownership interest in his or her principal residence at any time during the three-year period ending on the date a mortgage loan financed by the authority is received. See Nebraska Statutes 58-211.01
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
Fleet: means one or more apportionable vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-329
Flood damaged: means damage to a vehicle resulting from being submerged in water to the point that rising water has reached over the floorboard, has entered the passenger compartment, and has caused damage to any electrical, computerized, or mechanical components. See Nebraska Statutes 60-171
Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
Foreign: when applied to corporations shall include all those created by authority other than that of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Foreign animal or transboundary disease: means a disease not endemic to the United States or which has been eradicated in the United States, and which is of significant economic, trade, and food security importance. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2917
Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
Former military vehicle: means a motor vehicle that was manufactured for use in any country's military forces and is maintained to accurately represent its military design and markings, regardless of the vehicle's size or weight, but is no longer used, or never was used, by a military force. See Nebraska Statutes 60-115.01
Former military vehicle: means a motor vehicle that was manufactured for use in any country's military forces and is maintained to accurately represent its military design and markings, regardless of the vehicle's size or weight, but is no longer used, or never was used, by a military force. See Nebraska Statutes 60-328.01
Frame: means that portion of a vehicle upon which other components are affixed, such as the engine, body, or transmission. See Nebraska Statutes 60-116
Franchise: means a contract between two or more persons when all of the following conditions are included:

(1) A commercial relationship of definite duration or continuing indefinite duration is involved. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.19
Franchisee: means a new motor vehicle dealer who receives motor vehicles from the franchisor under a franchise and who offers and sells such motor vehicles to the general public. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.20
Franchisor: means a person who manufactures or distributes motor vehicles and who may enter into a franchise. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.21
Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
Golf car vehicle: means a vehicle that has at least four wheels, has a maximum level ground speed of less than twenty miles per hour, has a maximum payload capacity of one thousand two hundred pounds, has a maximum gross vehicle weight of two thousand five hundred pounds, has a maximum passenger capacity of not more than four persons, and is designed and manufactured for operation on a golf course for sporting and recreational purposes. See Nebraska Statutes 60-116.01
Golf car vehicle: means a vehicle that has at least four wheels, has a maximum level ground speed of less than twenty miles per hour, has a maximum payload capacity of one thousand two hundred pounds, has a maximum gross vehicle weight of two thousand five hundred pounds, has a maximum passenger capacity of not more than four persons, and is designed and manufactured for operation on a golf course for sporting and recreational purposes. See Nebraska Statutes 60-329.01
Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
Gross combination weight rating: means the greater of (1) a value specified by the manufacturer of the power unit, if such value is displayed on the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard certification label required by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or (2) the sum of the gross vehicle weight ratings or the gross vehicle weights of the power unit and the towed unit or units, or any combination thereof, that produces the highest value. See Nebraska Statutes 60-469.01
Gross vehicle weight: means the sum of the empty weights of a truck or truck-tractor and the empty weights of any trailer, semitrailer, or combination thereof with which the truck or truck-tractor is to be operated in combination at any one time, plus the weight of the maximum load to be carried thereon at any one time. See Nebraska Statutes 60-330
Gross vehicle weight rating: means the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single motor vehicle or trailer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-331
Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. ^{Source: OCC}
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Handicapped or disabled parking permit: means a permit issued by the department that authorizes the use of parking spaces and access aisles that have been designated for the exclusive use of handicapped or disabled persons. See Nebraska Statutes 60-331.01
Handicapped or disabled person: means any individual with a severe visual, neurological, or physical impairment which limits personal mobility and results in an inability to travel more than two hundred feet without stopping or without the use of a wheelchair, crutch, walker, or prosthetic, orthotic, or other assistant device, any individual whose personal mobility is limited as a result of respiratory problems, any individual who has a cardiac condition to the extent that his or her functional limitations are classified in severity as being Class III or Class IV, according to standards set by the American Heart Association, and any individual who has permanently lost all or substantially all the use of one or more limbs. See Nebraska Statutes 60-331.02
Herd or flock: means one or more groups of livestock under common ownership or supervision, maintained on common ground for any purpose, or which are geographically separated but which have an interchange of livestock or equipment. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2918
Herd or flock management plan: means a written disease management plan that is designed by the herd owner or the owner's representative in conjunction with the State Veterinarian or federal area veterinarian in charge to eradicate or reduce exposure to a dangerous disease from an affected herd or flock. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2919
Highway: means the entire width between the boundary limits of any street, road, avenue, boulevard, or way which is publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Nebraska Statutes 60-332
Highway: shall mean the entire width between the boundary limits of any street, road, avenue, boulevard, or way which is publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of motor vehicle travel. See Nebraska Statutes 60-470
Historical vehicle: means a motor vehicle or trailer which is thirty or more years old, which is essentially unaltered from the original manufacturer's specifications, and which is, because of its significance, being collected, preserved, restored, or maintained by a collector as a leisure pursuit. See Nebraska Statutes 60-117
Historical vehicle: means a motor vehicle or trailer which is thirty or more years old, which is essentially unaltered from the original manufacturer's specifications, and which is, because of its significance, being collected, preserved, restored, or maintained by a collector as a leisure pursuit. See Nebraska Statutes 60-333
Hospital or nursing home: shall mean (1) any private nonprofit hospital, nonprofit nursing home, corporation, association, or institution, (2) any public hospital, public nursing home, or institution authorized by law to provide or operate health facilities in this state, and (3) any cooperative hospital service organization which is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or any similar nonprofit corporation, whether or not such corporation is exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to section 501(e) of the Internal Revenue Code. See Nebraska Statutes 58-212
Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
Inhabitant: shall be construed to mean a resident in the particular locality in reference to which that word is used. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Initial payment: shall mean the total amount a purchaser is obligated to pay under the terms of the seller-assisted marketing plan contract prior to or at the time of delivery of the equipment, supplies, products, or services or within six months of the purchaser commencing operation of the seller-assisted marketing plan. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1712
Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
Injurisdiction distance: means total miles or kilometers operated (1) in the State of Nebraska during the preceding year by the motor vehicle or vehicles registered and licensed for fleet operation and (2) in noncontracting reciprocity jurisdictions by fleet vehicles that are base-plated in Nebraska. See Nebraska Statutes 60-334
Inspection: means an identification inspection conducted pursuant to section 60-146. See Nebraska Statutes 60-118
Insurer: shall mean (1) an agency, department, administration, or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of or in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Farmers Home Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture, or the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, (2) any private insurance company, or (3) any other public or private agency which insures or guarantees loans, including mortgage loans. See Nebraska Statutes 58-213
Interactive wireless communication device: means any wireless electronic communication device that provides for voice or data communication between two or more parties, including, but not limited to, a mobile or cellular telephone, a text messaging device, a personal digital assistant that sends or receives messages, an audio-video player that sends or receives messages, or a laptop computer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-470.02
Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
International Registration Plan: means the International Registration Plan adopted by International Registration Plan, Inc. See Nebraska Statutes 60-334.01
Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Kit vehicle: means a vehicle which was assembled by a person other than a generally recognized manufacturer of vehicles by the use of a reproduction resembling a specific manufacturer's make and model that is at least thirty years old purchased from an authorized manufacturer and accompanied by a manufacturer's statement of origin. See Nebraska Statutes 60-119
Kit vehicle: means a motor vehicle or trailer which was assembled by a person other than a generally recognized manufacturer of motor vehicles or trailers by the use of a reproduction resembling a specific manufacturer's make and model that is at least thirty years old purchased from an authorized manufacturer and accompanied by a manufacturer's statement of origin. See Nebraska Statutes 60-335
Late model vehicle: means a vehicle which has (a) a manufacturer's model year designation of, or later than, the year in which the vehicle was wrecked, damaged, or destroyed, or any of the six preceding years or (b)(i) in the case of vehicles other than all-terrain vehicles, utility-type vehicles, and minibikes, a retail value of more than ten thousand five hundred dollars until January 1, 2010, and a retail value of more than ten thousand five hundred dollars increased by five hundred dollars every five years thereafter or (ii) in the case of all-terrain vehicles, utility-type vehicles, or minibikes, a retail value of more than one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars until January 1, 2010, and a retail value of more than one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars increased by two hundred fifty dollars every five years thereafter. See Nebraska Statutes 60-171
Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
Lender: shall mean (1) any federally chartered or state-chartered bank, federal land bank, production credit association, bank for cooperatives, savings and loan association, building and loan association, or small business investment company, (2) the Wastewater Treatment Facilities Construction Loan Fund, or (3) any other institution or fund qualified within the state to originate or service loans, including, but not limited to, insurance companies, credit unions, and mortgage loan companies. See Nebraska Statutes 58-214
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
License: shall mean the right or permission to use (1) material or personal property, including computer programs, protected under the copyright or patent laws of the United States or any foreign government and (2) a trademark, service mark, or trade name registered under Nebraska law or the law of any other state, of the United States, or of any foreign government. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1714.01
Licensed dealer: means a motor vehicle dealer, motorcycle dealer, or trailer dealer licensed under the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act. See Nebraska Statutes 60-119.02
Licensed dealer: means a motor vehicle dealer, motorcycle dealer, or trailer dealer licensed under the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act. See Nebraska Statutes 60-335.01
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Line-make: means a collection of models, series, or groups of motor vehicles manufactured by or for a particular manufacturer, distributor, or importer that are offered for sale, lease, or distribution pursuant to a common brand name or mark, except that:

(1) Multiple brand names or marks may constitute a single line-make, but only when included in a common dealer agreement and the manufacturer, distributor, or importer offers such vehicles bearing the multiple names or marks together only, and not separately, to its authorized dealers. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.22
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Livestock: means cattle, swine, sheep, horses, mules, donkeys, goats, domesticated cervine animals, ratite birds, poultry, llamas, and alpacas. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2921
Loan: shall mean any lending arrangement pursuant to a financing agreement. See Nebraska Statutes 58-215
Local truck: means a truck and combinations of trucks, truck-tractors, or trailers operated solely within an incorporated city or village or within ten miles of the corporate limits of the city or village in which they are owned, operated, and registered. See Nebraska Statutes 60-336
Low-income or moderate-income person: shall mean any person irrespective of race, religion, creed, national origin, or sex determined by the authority to be eligible for such assistance as is made available by the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Act on account of insufficient personal or family income, taking into consideration without limiting the generality thereof such factors as:

(1) The amount of income of such person available for housing needs. See Nebraska Statutes 58-216
Low-speed vehicle: means a (1) four-wheeled motor vehicle (a) whose speed attainable in one mile is more than twenty miles per hour and not more than twenty-five miles per hour on a paved, level surface, (b) whose gross vehicle weight rating is less than three thousand pounds, and (c) that complies with 49 C. See Nebraska Statutes 60-119.01
Low-speed vehicle: means a (1) four-wheeled motor vehicle (a) whose speed attainable in one mile is more than twenty miles per hour and not more than twenty-five miles per hour on a paved, level surface, (b) whose gross vehicle weight rating is less than three thousand pounds, and (c) that complies with 49 C. See Nebraska Statutes 60-336.01
Magistrate: shall include judge of the county court and clerk magistrate. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Magistrate shall: include judge of the county court and clerk magistrate. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Major component part: means an engine, with or without accessories, a transmission, a cowl, a door, a frame, a body, a rear clip, or a nose. See Nebraska Statutes 60-120
Manufactured home: means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or forty body feet or more in length or when erected on site is three hundred twenty or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure, except that manufactured home includes any structure that meets all of the requirements of this section other than the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 U. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.23
Manufactured home: means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width or forty body feet or more in length or when erected on site is three hundred twenty or more square feet and which is built on a permanent frame and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure, except that manufactured home includes any structure that meets all of the requirements of this subdivision other than the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as such act existed on January 1, 2023, 42 U. See Nebraska Statutes 60-107
Manufacturer: means a person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing snowmobiles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-3,207
Manufacturer: means any person, resident or nonresident of this state, who is engaged in the business of distributing, manufacturing, or assembling a line-make of new motor vehicles, trailers, or motorcycles and distributes them directly or indirectly through one or more distributors to one or more new motor vehicle, trailer, or motorcycle dealers in this state and also has the same meaning as the term franchisor. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.24
Manufacturer also: includes a central or principal sales corporation or other entity through which, by contractual agreement or otherwise, a manufacturer distributes its products. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.24
Manufacturer buyback: means the designation of a vehicle with an alleged nonconformity when the vehicle (a) has been replaced by a manufacturer or (b) has been repurchased by a manufacturer as the result of court judgment, arbitration, or any voluntary agreement entered into between the manufacturer or its agent and a consumer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-171
Markup: The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation.
Metropolitan utilities district: means a district created pursuant to section 14-2101. See Nebraska Statutes 60-336.02
Microenterprise: shall mean any business, whether new or existing, with less than ten employees, less than twenty-five thousand dollars of net assets, and less than one hundred thousand dollars of annual sales. See Nebraska Statutes 58-216.01
Minibike: means a two-wheel device which has a total wheel and tire diameter of less than fourteen inches or an engine-rated capacity of less than forty-five cubic centimeters displacement or any other two-wheel device primarily designed by the manufacturer for off-road use only. See Nebraska Statutes 60-121
Minibike: means a two-wheel motor vehicle which has a total wheel and tire diameter of less than fourteen inches or an engine-rated capacity of less than forty-five cubic centimeters displacement or any other two-wheel motor vehicle primarily designed by the manufacturer for off-road use only. See Nebraska Statutes 60-337
Minitruck: means a foreign-manufactured import vehicle or domestic-manufactured vehicle which (1) is powered by an internal combustion engine with a piston or rotor displacement of one thousand five hundred cubic centimeters or less, (2) is sixty-seven inches or less in width, (3) has a dry weight of four thousand two hundred pounds or less, (4) travels on four or more tires, (5) has a top speed of approximately fifty-five miles per hour, (6) is equipped with a bed or compartment for hauling, (7) has an enclosed passenger cab, (8) is equipped with headlights, taillights, turnsignals, windshield wipers, a rearview mirror, and an occupant protection system, and (9) has a four-speed, five-speed, or automatic transmission. See Nebraska Statutes 60-121.01
Minitruck: means a foreign-manufactured import vehicle or domestic-manufactured vehicle which (1) is powered by an internal combustion engine with a piston or rotor displacement of one thousand five hundred cubic centimeters or less, (2) is sixty-seven inches or less in width, (3) has a dry weight of four thousand two hundred pounds or less, (4) travels on four or more tires, (5) has a top speed of approximately fifty-five miles per hour, (6) is equipped with a bed or compartment for hauling, (7) has an enclosed passenger cab, (8) is equipped with headlights, taillights, turnsignals, windshield wipers, a rearview mirror, and an occupant protection system, and (9) has a four-speed, five-speed, or automatic transmission. See Nebraska Statutes 60-337.01
Minitruck means a foreign-manufactured: import vehicle or domestic-manufactured vehicle which (1) is powered by an internal combustion engine with a piston or rotor displacement of one thousand five hundred cubic centimeters or less, (2) is sixty-seven inches or less in width, (3) has a dry weight of four thousand two hundred pounds or less, (4) travels on four or more tires, (5) has a top speed of approximately fifty-five miles per hour, (6) is equipped with a bed or compartment for hauling, (7) has an enclosed passenger cab, (8) is equipped with headlights, taillights, turnsignals, windshield wipers, a rearview mirror, and an occupant protection system, and (9) has a four-speed, five-speed, or automatic transmission. See Nebraska Statutes 60-121.01
Minitruck means a foreign-manufactured: import vehicle or domestic-manufactured vehicle which (1) is powered by an internal combustion engine with a piston or rotor displacement of one thousand five hundred cubic centimeters or less, (2) is sixty-seven inches or less in width, (3) has a dry weight of four thousand two hundred pounds or less, (4) travels on four or more tires, (5) has a top speed of approximately fifty-five miles per hour, (6) is equipped with a bed or compartment for hauling, (7) has an enclosed passenger cab, (8) is equipped with headlights, taillights, turnsignals, windshield wipers, a rearview mirror, and an occupant protection system, and (9) has a four-speed, five-speed, or automatic transmission. See Nebraska Statutes 60-337.01
Mobile home which: includes cabin trailers more than one hundred two inches in width or more than forty feet in length. See Nebraska Statutes 60-107
Month: shall mean calendar month. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Moped: means a device with fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power, an automatic transmission, and a motor with a cylinder capacity not exceeding fifty cubic centimeters which produces no more than two brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum design speed of no more than thirty miles per hour on level ground. See Nebraska Statutes 60-122
Moped: means a device with fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power, an automatic transmission, and a motor with a cylinder capacity not exceeding fifty cubic centimeters which produces no more than two brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum design speed of no more than thirty miles per hour on level ground. See Nebraska Statutes 60-338
Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
Mortgage: shall mean a mortgage deed, deed of trust, or other instrument securing a mortgage loan and constituting a lien on real property held in fee simple or on a leasehold under a lease having a remaining term at the time such mortgage is acquired of not less than the term for repayment of the mortgage loan secured by such mortgage which is improved by residential housing. See Nebraska Statutes 58-217
Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
Motor vehicle: means any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power. See Nebraska Statutes 60-123
Motor vehicle: means any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power. See Nebraska Statutes 60-339
Motor vehicle: means all vehicles propelled by any power other than muscular power. See Nebraska Statutes 60-471
Motor vehicle: means any vehicle for which evidence of title is required as a condition precedent to registration under the laws of this state but does not include trailers. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.25
Motor vehicle also: means any engine, transmission, or rear axle, regardless of whether attached to a vehicle chassis, that is manufactured for installation in any motor-driven vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than sixteen thousand pounds for which motor-driven vehicle evidence of title is required as a condition precedent to registration under the laws of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.25
Motor vehicle dealer: means any person, other than a bona fide consumer, actively and regularly engaged in the act of selling, leasing for a period of thirty or more days, or exchanging new or used motor vehicles, trailers, and manufactured homes who buys, sells, exchanges, causes the sale of, or offers or attempts to sell new or used motor vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.26
Motor vehicle dealer does not: include a lessor who was not involved in or associated with the selection, location, acquisition, or supply of a motor vehicle which is the subject of a lease agreement. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.26
Motor vehicle fee: means the fee imposed upon motor vehicles under section 60-3,190 . See Nebraska Statutes 60-3,184
Motor vehicle tax: means the tax imposed upon motor vehicles under section 60-3,185 . See Nebraska Statutes 60-3,184
Motorcycle: means any motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the operator and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground. See Nebraska Statutes 60-124
Motorcycle: means any motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for use of the operator and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground. See Nebraska Statutes 60-340
Motorcycle: means every motor vehicle, except a tractor, having a seat or saddle for use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground and for which evidence of title is required as a condition precedent to registration under the laws of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.28
Motorcycle dealer: means any person, other than a bona fide consumer, actively and regularly engaged in the business of selling or exchanging new or used motorcycles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.29
New motor vehicle: means all motor vehicles which are not included within the definition of a used motor vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.30
Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
Nonresident: shall mean every person who is not a resident of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 60-472
Nose: means that portion of the body of a vehicle from the front to the firewall when acquired or transferred as a complete unit. See Nebraska Statutes 60-125
Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to: include any rental or residential housing, residential energy conservation device, or agriculture or agricultural enterprise. See Nebraska Statutes 58-219
Oath: shall include affirmation in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Official test: means a diagnostic test approved by USDA/APHIS/VS or the department for determining the presence or absence of a program disease. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2923
Ongoing business: shall mean one which for at least six months previous to the sale:

(1) Has been operated from a specific given location. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1714
Operate: means to ride in or on and control the operation of a snowmobile. See Nebraska Statutes 60-3,207
Operator or driver: shall mean any person who drives a motor vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-473
Original bill: A bill which is drafted by a committee. It is introduced by the committee or subcommittee chairman after the committee votes to report it.
Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
Owner: means a person, firm, or corporation which holds a legal title of a motor vehicle or trailer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-342
Owner: shall mean a person who holds legal title to a motor vehicle, a mortgagor entitled to the possession of a motor vehicle, or the conditional vendee or lessee of a motor vehicle which is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease of the motor vehicle with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee. See Nebraska Statutes 60-475
Park: means to stop a motor vehicle or trailer for any length of time, whether occupied or unoccupied. See Nebraska Statutes 60-343
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
Parts vehicle: means a vehicle the title to which has been surrendered (1) in accordance with subdivision (1)(a) of section 60-169 or (2) to any other state by the owner of the vehicle or an insurance company to render the vehicle fit for sale for scrap and parts only. See Nebraska Statutes 60-126
Parts vehicle: means a vehicle or trailer the title to which has been surrendered (1) in accordance with subdivision (1)(a) of section 60-169 or (2) to any other state by the owner of the vehicle or an insurance company to render the vehicle fit for sale for scrap and parts only. See Nebraska Statutes 60-344
Passenger car: means a motor vehicle designed and used to carry ten passengers or less and not used for hire. See Nebraska Statutes 60-345
Patrol: means the Nebraska State Patrol. See Nebraska Statutes 60-127
Peace officer: shall include sheriffs, coroners, jailers, marshals, police officers, state highway patrol officers, members of the National Guard on active service by direction of the Governor during periods of emergency, and all other persons with similar authority to make arrests. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Peace officer shall: include sheriffs, coroners, jailers, marshals, police officers, state highway patrol officers, members of the National Guard on active service by direction of the Governor during periods of emergency, and all other persons with similar authority to make arrests. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Permit for entry or permit: means a pre-movement authorization for entry into the State of Nebraska obtained from the department which states the conditions under which the animal movement may be made and the location where the animal or animals are going and includes a permit authorization number which is required to be recorded on the certificate of veterinary inspection. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2924
Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Person: shall mean every natural person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, or corporation. See Nebraska Statutes 60-476
Person: means any individual, governmental entity, corporation, society, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, association, or any other corporate body or legal entity. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2925
Person: means every natural person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, or corporation. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.31
Person: shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or business entity. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1704
Person shall: include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Petit jury: A group of citizens who hear the evidence presented by both sides at trial and determine the facts in dispute. Federal criminal juries consist of 12 persons. Federal civil juries consist of six persons.
Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
Poultry: means domesticated birds that serve as a source of eggs or meat and includes, but is not limited to, chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2926
Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
power unit hay grinders or a combination which: includes a power unit and a hay grinder when operated without cargo, (5) vehicles which run only on rails or tracks, (6) off-road designed vehicles not authorized by law for use on a highway, including, but not limited to, golf car vehicles, go-carts, riding lawnmowers, garden tractors, all-terrain vehicles, utility-type vehicles, snowmobiles registered or exempt from registration under sections 60-3,207 to 60-3,219, and minibikes, (7) road and general-purpose construction and maintenance machinery not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property, including, but not limited to, ditchdigging apparatus, asphalt spreaders, bucket loaders, leveling graders, earthmoving carryalls, power shovels, earthmoving equipment, and crawler tractors, (8) self-propelled chairs used by persons who are disabled, (9) electric personal assistive mobility devices, and (10) bicycles as defined in section 60-611. See Nebraska Statutes 60-123
power unit hay grinders or a combination which: includes a power unit and a hay grinder when operated without cargo, (5) vehicles which run only on rails or tracks, (6) off-road designed vehicles not authorized by law for use on a highway, including, but not limited to, golf car vehicles, go-carts, riding lawnmowers, garden tractors, all-terrain vehicles, utility-type vehicles, snowmobiles registered or exempt from registration under sections 60-3,207 to 60-3,219, and minibikes, (7) road and general-purpose construction and maintenance machinery not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property, including, but not limited to, ditchdigging apparatus, asphalt spreaders, bucket loaders, leveling graders, earthmoving carryalls, power shovels, earthmoving equipment, and crawler tractors, (8) self-propelled chairs used by persons who are disabled, (9) electric personal assistive mobility devices, and (10) bicycles as defined in section 60-611. See Nebraska Statutes 60-339
Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
Premises: means land, buildings, vehicles, equipment, pens, holding facilities, and grounds upon which an animal, herd, or flock is or was, housed, kept, located, grazed, or transported. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2927
Private cultural institution: means any private not-for-profit corporation or institution that (1) has a primary purpose of promoting cultural education or development, such as a museum or related visual arts center, performing arts facility, or facility housing, incubating, developing, or promoting art, music, theater, dance, zoology, botany, natural history, cultural history, or the sciences, (2) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(a) of the code, (3) is located within this state and is not owned or controlled by the state or any municipality, district, or other political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, and (4) does not violate any state or federal law against discrimination. See Nebraska Statutes 58-807.01
Private health care institution: means any private not-for-profit corporation or institution that (1) is licensed under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act, (2) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, (3) is located within this state and is not owned or controlled by the state or any political subdivision, agency, instrumentality, district, or municipality thereof, and (4) does not violate any Nebraska or federal law against discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, or handicap. See Nebraska Statutes 58-808
Private institution of higher education: means a not-for-profit educational institution located within this state which is not owned or controlled by the state or any political subdivision, agency, instrumentality, district, or municipality thereof, which is authorized by law to provide a program of education beyond the high school level, and which:

(1) Admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate. See Nebraska Statutes 58-809
Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Process: shall mean a summons, subpoena, or notice to appear issued out of a court in the course of judicial proceedings. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Product: shall mean any tangible chattel, including food or living animals, which the purchaser intends to:

(1) Sell or lease to the general public. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1709
Program disease: means a dangerous disease for which specific state or federal legislation exists for disease control or eradication, or is classified as a program disease by the department or USDA/APHIS/VS. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2928
Program standards: means the supplemental guidelines and uniform methods and rules adopted and approved by USDA/APHIS/VS for further clarification of established procedures for the regulation, control, eradication, and enforcement of livestock program diseases. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2930
Project: shall mean one or more of the following:

(1)(a) Rental housing. See Nebraska Statutes 58-219
Project: means any property located within the state that may be used or will be useful in connection with the instruction, feeding, recreation, or housing of students, the provision of health care services to members of the general public, the provision of cultural services to members of the general public, the provision of social services to members of the general public, the conducting of research, administration, or other work of an eligible institution, or any combination of the foregoing. See Nebraska Statutes 58-811
Project also means and: includes the refunding or refinancing of outstanding obligations, mortgages, or advances, including advances from an endowment or similar fund, originally issued, made, or given by the eligible institution to finance the cost of a project or projects, and including the financing of eligible swap termination payments, whenever the authority finds that such refunding or refinancing is in the public interest and either:

(a) Alleviates a financial hardship upon the eligible institution. See Nebraska Statutes 58-811
Proof of financial responsibility: means evidence of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of such proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, (1) in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, (2) subject to such limit for one person, in the amount of fifty thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and (3) in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. See Nebraska Statutes 60-346
Property: means the real estate upon which a project is or will be located, including equipment, machinery, and other similar items necessary or convenient for the operation of the project in the manner for which its use is intended, but not including such items as fuel, supplies, or other items that are customarily deemed to result in a current operation charge. See Nebraska Statutes 58-812
Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Public agency: means any:

(1) County, city, or village. See Nebraska Statutes 58-219.01
Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
Public power district: means a district as defined by section 70-601 receiving annual gross revenue of at least forty million dollars as determined by the Nebraska Power Review Board. See Nebraska Statutes 60-346.01
Purchaser: shall mean a person who is solicited to become obligated or does become obligated on a seller-assisted marketing plan contract. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1706
Quarantine: means a restriction imposed on animal movement, premises, or regulated articles issued by the department. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2931
Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
Ratite bird: means any ostrich, emu, rhea, kiwi, or cassowary. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2932
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Rear clip: means two or more of the following, all dismantled from the same vehicle: A quarter panel or fender. See Nebraska Statutes 60-128
Reconstructed: means the designation of a vehicle which was permanently altered from its original design construction by removing, adding, or substituting major component parts. See Nebraska Statutes 60-128.01
Reconstructed: means the designation of a vehicle which was permanently altered from its original design construction by removing, adding, or substituting major component parts. See Nebraska Statutes 60-346.02
Recreational vehicle: means a motor vehicle designed for living quarters. See Nebraska Statutes 60-347
Registration period: means the period from the date of registration pursuant to section 60-392 to the first day of the month following one year after such date. See Nebraska Statutes 60-3,184
Regulated article: means any item capable of transmitting a dangerous disease including conveyances, equipment, feed, or any other item established by the department. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2933
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
Rental housing: shall mean a specific work or improvement within this state undertaken primarily to provide rental dwelling accommodations for low-income or moderate-income persons, which work or improvement shall include the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of land, buildings, and improvements thereto and such other nonhousing facilities, including commercial facilities, as may be appurtenant thereto so long as the cost of such nonhousing facilities does not exceed twenty percent of the total cost of the rental housing. See Nebraska Statutes 58-220
Replica: means the designation of a vehicle which resembles a specific manufacturer's make and model that is at least thirty years old and which has been assembled as a kit vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-128.02
Replica: means the designation of a vehicle which resembles a specific manufacturer's make and model that is at least thirty years old and which has been assembled as a kit vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-346.03
Residential energy conservation device: shall mean any prudent means of reducing the demands for conventional fuels or increasing the supply or efficiency of these fuels in residential housing and shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) Caulking and weather stripping of doors and windows. See Nebraska Statutes 58-221
Residential energy conservation device shall mean any prudent: means of reducing the demands for conventional fuels or increasing the supply or efficiency of these fuels in residential housing and shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) Caulking and weather stripping of doors and windows. See Nebraska Statutes 58-221
Residential energy conservation loan program: shall mean a system by which loans and mortgage loans for residential energy conservation devices are made to low-income and moderate-income persons pursuant to the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Act. See Nebraska Statutes 58-223
Residential housing: shall mean a specific work or improvement within this state undertaken primarily to provide owner-occupied dwelling accommodations for low-income and moderate-income persons, which work or improvement shall include the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of land, buildings, and improvements thereto, including residential energy conservation devices, and such other nonhousing facilities, including commercial facilities, as may be appurtenant thereto so long as the cost of such nonhousing facilities does not exceed twenty percent of the total cost of the residential housing. See Nebraska Statutes 58-222
Responder or suspect: means any animal which exhibits a response to an official test, and such animal is classified as a responder or suspect by the testing veterinarian or laboratory. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2934
Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
Retail value: means the actual cash value, fair market value, or retail value of a vehicle as (a) set forth in a current edition of any nationally recognized compilation, including automated databases, of retail values or (b) determined pursuant to a market survey of comparable vehicles with respect to condition and equipment. See Nebraska Statutes 60-171
Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
Sale: means a sale, lease, loan, trade, barter, or gift. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2935
Salvage: means the designation of a vehicle which is:

(a) A late model vehicle which has been wrecked, damaged, or destroyed to the extent that the estimated total cost of repair to rebuild or reconstruct the vehicle to its condition immediately before it was wrecked, damaged, or destroyed and to restore the vehicle to a condition for legal operation, meets or exceeds seventy-five percent of the retail value of the vehicle at the time it was wrecked, damaged, or destroyed. See Nebraska Statutes 60-171
Salvage means the designation of a vehicle which: is:

(a) A late model vehicle which has been wrecked, damaged, or destroyed to the extent that the estimated total cost of repair to rebuild or reconstruct the vehicle to its condition immediately before it was wrecked, damaged, or destroyed and to restore the vehicle to a condition for legal operation, meets or exceeds seventy-five percent of the retail value of the vehicle at the time it was wrecked, damaged, or destroyed. See Nebraska Statutes 60-171
School: shall mean (1) any school board or school district and (2) any private for-profit or not-for-profit institution, the primary purpose of which is to provide educational instruction if such institution is available for attendance by members of the general public. See Nebraska Statutes 58-223.01
Scrap metal processor: means any person engaged in the business of buying vehicles, motorcycles, or parts thereof for the purpose of remelting or processing into scrap metal or who otherwise processes ferrous or nonferrous metallic scrap for resale. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.34
Seller: shall mean a person who sells or leases or offers to sell or lease a seller-assisted marketing plan and:

(1) Has sold, leased, represents, or implies that the seller has sold or leased, whether in Nebraska or elsewhere, at least five seller-assisted marketing plans within twenty-four months prior to a solicitation. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1705
Seller-assisted marketing plan: shall mean the sale or lease or offer for sale or lease of any product, equipment, supplies, services, license, or any combination thereof which will be used by or on behalf of the purchaser to begin or maintain a business when:

(1) The seller of the plan has advertised or in other manner solicited the purchase or lease of the plan. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1703
Semitrailer: means any trailer so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by the towing vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-129
Semitrailer: means any trailer so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by the towing vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-348
Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
Services: shall mean any assistance, guidance, direction, work, labor, or services provided by the seller to initiate or maintain the seller-assisted marketing plan. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1710
Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Situs: means the tax district where a vehicle is stored and kept for the greater portion of the calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 60-130
Situs: means the tax district where the motor vehicle or trailer is stored and kept for the greater portion of the calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 60-349
Snowmobile: means a self-propelled vehicle designed to travel on snow or ice or a natural terrain steered by wheels, skis, or runners and propelled by a belt-driven track with or without steel cleats. See Nebraska Statutes 60-350
Solid waste disposal project which shall: include land, buildings, equipment, and improvements consisting of all or part of an area or a facility for the disposal of solid waste, including recycling of waste materials, either publicly or privately owned or operated, and any project or program undertaken by a county, city, village, or entity created pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act or the Joint Public Agency Act for closure, monitoring, or remediation of an existing solid waste disposal area or facility and any undivided or other interest in any of the foregoing. See Nebraska Statutes 58-219
Specially constructed vehicle: means a vehicle which was not originally constructed under a distinctive name, make, model, or type by a manufacturer of vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-131
Specially constructed vehicle: means a motor vehicle or trailer which was not originally constructed under a distinctive name, make, model, or type by a manufacturer of motor vehicles or trailers. See Nebraska Statutes 60-351
Sport utility vehicle: means a high-performance motor vehicle weighing six thousand pounds or less designed to carry ten passengers or less or designated as a sport utility vehicle by the manufacturer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-351.01
State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
State: shall mean the State of Nebraska. See Nebraska Statutes 58-224
State Veterinarian: means the veterinarian appointed pursuant to section 81-202 or his or her designee, subordinate to the director. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2936
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
Stop-sale order: means a notification issued by a manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, or distributor branch to its franchised new motor vehicle dealers stating that certain used motor vehicles in inventory shall not be sold or leased, at either retail or wholesale, due to a federal safety recall for a defect or a noncompliance or due to a federal emissions recall. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.43
Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
Superintendent: means the Superintendent of Law Enforcement and Public Safety. See Nebraska Statutes 60-132
Supplies: shall mean any and all materials used to produce, grow, breed, or make any product or item. See Nebraska Statutes 59-1708
Sworn: shall include affirmed in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Temporarily handicapped or disabled person: means any handicapped or disabled person whose personal mobility is expected to be limited as described in section 60-331. See Nebraska Statutes 60-352.01
Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
Testify: Answer questions in court.
Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
Trace or tracing: means the epidemiological investigative process of determining the origin and movements of animals, animal products, and possible vectors that may be involved in the spread or transmissibility of a disease agent. See Nebraska Statutes 54-2937
Trailer: means any device without motive power designed for carrying persons or property and being towed by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-133
Trailer: means any device without motive power designed for carrying persons or property and being towed by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. See Nebraska Statutes 60-354
Trailer: means semitrailers and trailers as defined in sections 60-348 and 60-354, respectively, which are required to be licensed as commercial trailers, other vehicles without motive power constructed so as to permit their being used as conveyances upon the public streets and highways and so constructed as not to be attached to real estate and to permit the vehicle to be used for human habitation by one or more persons, and camping trailers, slide-in campers, fold-down campers, and fold-down tent trailers. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.36
Trailer dealer: means any person, other than a bona fide consumer, actively and regularly engaged in the business of selling or exchanging new or used trailers and manufactured homes. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.37
Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
Transporter: means any person lawfully engaged in the business of transporting motor vehicles or trailers not his or her own solely for delivery thereof (1) by driving singly, (2) by driving in combinations by the towbar, fullmount, or saddlemount method or any combination thereof, or (3) when a truck or truck-tractor tows a trailer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-355
Travel trailer which: includes cabin trailers not more than one hundred two inches in width nor more than forty feet in length from front hitch to rear bumper, except as provided in subdivision (2)(k) of section 60-6,288 . See Nebraska Statutes 60-107
Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
Truck: means any motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property or designated as a truck by the manufacturer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-134
Truck: means a motor vehicle that is designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property or designated as a truck by the manufacturer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-356
Truck-tractor: means any motor vehicle designed and used primarily for towing other motor vehicles or trailers and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the motor vehicle or trailer and load being towed. See Nebraska Statutes 60-357
Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
United States shall: include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Used motor vehicle: means every motor vehicle which has been sold, bargained, exchanged, or given away or for which title has been transferred from the person who first acquired it from the manufacturer, importer, dealer, or agent of the manufacturer or importer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.38
Utility: shall mean an entity which provides electricity or natural gas to retail customers in the state. See Nebraska Statutes 58-225
Utility trailer: means a trailer having a gross weight, including load thereon, of nine thousand pounds or less. See Nebraska Statutes 60-358
Utility-type vehicle: means any motorized off-highway device which (a) is seventy-four inches in width or less, (b) is not more than one hundred eighty inches, including the bumper, in length, (c) has a dry weight of two thousand pounds or less, and (d) travels on four or more nonhighway tires. See Nebraska Statutes 60-135.01
Utility-type vehicle: means any motorized off-highway vehicle which (a) is seventy-four inches in width or less, (b) is not more than one hundred eighty inches, including the bumper, in length, (c) has a dry weight of two thousand pounds or less, and (d) travels on four or more nonhighway tires. See Nebraska Statutes 60-358.01
Utility-type vehicle does not: include all-terrain vehicles, golf car vehicles, or low-speed vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-135.01
Utility-type vehicle does not: include all-terrain vehicles, golf car vehicles, or low-speed vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-358.01
Vehicle: means a motor vehicle, all-terrain vehicle, utility-type vehicle, minibike, trailer, or semitrailer. See Nebraska Statutes 60-136
Vehicle: shall mean every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway except devices moved solely by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Nebraska Statutes 60-478
Vehicle identification number: means a series of English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals assigned to a vehicle for identification purposes. See Nebraska Statutes 60-136.01
Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
Violate: shall include failure to comply with. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
Violator: means a person acting without a license or registration as required by the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.39
Wastewater treatment or safe drinking water project which shall: include any project or undertaking which involves the construction, development, rehabilitation, and improvement of wastewater treatment facilities or safe drinking water facilities and is financed by a loan from or otherwise provided financial assistance by the Wastewater Treatment Facilities Construction Loan Fund or any comparable state fund providing money for the financing of safe drinking water facilities. See Nebraska Statutes 58-219
Well-boring apparatus: means trucks, truck-tractors, or combinations of trucks or truck-tractors and trailers which are not for hire and are used exclusively to travel to and from the well site including (1) the well rig truck, (2) the boom truck, (3) the water tank truck, and (4) such other devices as are used exclusively for transporting well-boring apparatus to and from the well site including the drill stem, casing, drilling mud, pumps and related equipment, and well-site excavating machinery or equipment. See Nebraska Statutes 60-359
Well-servicing equipment: means equipment used for the (1) care and replacement of down-hole production equipment and (2) restimulation of a well. See Nebraska Statutes 60-360
Wrecker or salvage dealer: means any person who acquires one or more motor vehicles or trailers for the purpose of dismantling them for the purpose of reselling the parts or reselling the vehicles as scrap. See Nebraska Statutes 60-1401.40
Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801